Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British would buy the oil now stored in Iranian tanks-valued at $20 to $30 million-although Britain had previously claimed that this oil rightfully belonged to it; the exact price to be settled later...
...rendering is literally clear and exact, but the reader who wants to feel the real teeth of an ancient winter must still turn to his unrevised Chaucer...
...that European nations no longer pay the piper in the Middle East, the monarchs have been able to survive only on two conditions: 1) that their personally loyal armies keep order and discipline in lands where disorder is routine; 2) that the rulers show themselves willing and able to exact concessions from the colonial powers...
...main burden of I.P.R. activities behind a screen of non-Communist officials and contributors to the institute. To the I.P.R. protest that most writing in the institute's periodicals was nonCommunist, the committee answered: "NonCommunist or 'neutral writing' plus . . . pro-Communist writing means, whatever the exact percentages, a net pro-Communist effect...
...speed of sound has a direct effect on the flight and control of missiles. It is already known that the temperature varies abruptly with changes of altitude. Just above 25 miles, for instance, it increases from - 80°F to 190°F in 10,000 ft. But more exact measurements are needed. Conventional thermometers on rockets will...